Hello! My first post so not entirely sure what I'm allowed to post.
I am currently 28 weeks pregnant and noticed a bump in my right breast a few weeks ago. I saw my doctor on 29th June for assessment and they referred me via the '2 week pathway' to have the lump checked out, sadly due to NHS constraints, the 2 week pathway in my area is taking 3.5 weeks so I'm still waiting for an appointment. In the meantime, I'm driving myself insane and my areola is becoming more and more worrying, I'm just not sure if this is pregnancy related.
Firstly, the area of my lump is at the top of my areola and as time goes on, the area around it is becoming more unfamiliar and strange looking and almost like a 'break' in my areola, I can't really explain it, please see picture 1 and 2.
My second (picture 3) concern is the areola has become really swollen at the bottom, again hard to explain but I would say it's getting thicker, the skin in this area is really thick and hard and feels completely different to my other boob and is beginning to crack. I'm beside myself with worry and can't find anything online/any pictures to compare it to, I can do nothing but wait for my referral appointment to come through because even privately in my area is a long waiting list.
I know this is not an area for medical diagnosis, but I just need to speak to other people who may have experienced this!!!
Thank you!